Festival of Lights Kick Off Party Cornhole Tournament

The Festival of Lights Kick Off Party is Ahwatukee’s biggest family fun festival. Carnival rides, community entertainment, Beer Garden, 20 restaurants, Santa, Marketplace Street Fair and the Motorcycle Parade will keep you and your out-of-town guests busy all day!

We will be at the Festival of Lights Kick Off Party running a variety of cornhole tournaments for all levels. Here's an article about the event, including the cornhole tournaments, from the Ahwatukee Foothills News. A portion of the proceeds from the cornhole tournaments will benefit the thenon-profit Festival of Lights as well as their charities, Kiwanis, Y OPAS and the Starbright Foundation. Read the full details below.

DON'T WORRY IF YOU ARE NEW TO THE GAME!Cornhole is all about having fun and meeting new people. There are a lot of friendly people who are eager to help newcomers learn the game.

Over 30 Rides/inflatables ($20 all day wristband, individual attraction tickets also sold)

Tavern Beer/Wine Garden with college game TV screens

Two community entertainment stages

Nearly 100 vendors in our Marketplace Street Fair

Lighted Motorcycle Parade of nearly 100 riders

NOTE: Admission tickets into the Festival of Lights Kick Off Party is FREE.

LOCATIONDesert Foothills Park1010 Marketplace Dr., Phoenix, 85048

TYPES OF TOURNAMENTS

Amateur/Social doubles tournament

Experienced doubles tournament (ACL Regional)

Junior Singles (12 and under)

FORMAT

Amateur Doubles Division: Two stage tournament. Tailgater and Social division teams will first participate in pool play where you will compete against 5 other teams. Results from pool play will split you into Tailgater division or Social division for a Single Elimination tournament. A minimum of 16 teams needed to split divisions. 6 games guaranteed.

Advanced & Competitive Doubles: Two stage tournament. Competitive and Advanced divisions will first participate in pool play where you will compete against 6 other teams. Results from pool play will split you into Competitive or Advanced division for a Double Elimination tournament. A minimum of 16 teams needed to split divisions. All matches are one game. (No best 2/3 other than Semi and Finals of Winner's bracket) 8 games guaranteed.

TIME (check in no later than 15 minutes prior to start of each event)

1:00pm: Experienced Doubles (check-in by 12:45pm)

3:00pm: Amateur/Social doubles (check-in by 2:45pm)

3:00pm: Junior Singles (check-in by 2:45pm)

ENTRY FEE

Experienced doubles $50/team ($60 for non ACL members)

Amateur/Social Doubles $30/team

Junior Singles (12 and under) $5/player

PRIZES

Experienced Division

75% of entry fees will be paid out. Of the prize pool, approximately 3/4 of the prize pool will go to those who earn their way to the advanced division and approximately 1/4 of prize pool will go to the competitive division. This makes pool play meaningful.

Amateur Division

50% of entry fees will be paid out. Of the prize pool, approximately 3/4 of the prize pool will go to those who earn their way to the social division and approximately 1/4 of prize pool will go to the tailgate division. This makes pool play meaningful.

Kids - New set of cornhole bags

*All remaining entry fees collected will benefit the non-profit Festival of Lights as well as their charities, Kiwanis, Y OPAS and the Starbright Foundation

Lane Sponsorships (optional)

Your lane sponsorship includes custom set of cornhole boards with your business Logo, a set of bags and a score tower plus 1 team entry. Deadline for Lane Sponsorship is November 7. Boards ordered after that date may not be ready for the Festival of Lights Kick Off Party Event. The boards are played on during the cornhole tournament and then are yours to keep at the conclusion of the event.